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The Achaeans (Homer)

The Achaeans (as the term is used in Homeric works and times) refers to the Greek people. This is one of the oldest names for the Greeks, well before the Archaic and Classical periods, probably during the Mycenaean age. The […]

The Korean Iron Age — Prehistoric Korea

The Korean Iron Age began once the skill of working with iron had made its way onto the Korean peninsula. With iron they could forge stronger weapons and tools. In addition to increasing their skills as craftsmen, tradesmen, and artists, […]

Perseus

Perseus (written in the Greek Alphabet as Περσεύς) is one of the most renowned heroes of Greek Mythology. According to legend, he is the founder of Mycenae (an ancient leader of the Mycenaean Greeks who took Troy from the hands […]

The Myth of Ishkur and the Fox

The Myth of Ishkur and the Fox is an ancient Sumerian myth that is unfortunately unfinished — we do not know how it ends. Only one tablet discovered in Nippur over a century ago has so-far been found to contain […]

King Minos

King Minos is a legendary king of the ancestors of the Greeks, the Minoans, who made their ancestral home on the island of Crete. They are known for the trading prowess, forming a great trading empire of sorts at the […]

Origins of Poseidon

Poseidon — along with others of the pantheon of Greek gods — have been documented since deep antiquity. Poseidon is one of the most famous of the Greek gods, and the oldest, documented from at least the Bronze Age. Interestingly, […]

The Folk of the Goddess Danu — The Mysterious Dananns and Danavas

Throughout ancient myths and legend, we have a reference to the migrations of people. It does not matter what sacred text you investigate: codified within its pages is the stories of people. That is what the majority of religion is, […]

Uralic Languages

The long-held belief by the majority of scholars was that the Uralic languages were originally from the Ural Mountains. However, recent research and genetic studies indicate that the ancestral homeland of Uralic speaking peoples is much further East. From a […]

Danu (Irish Goddess)

Danu is known as the mother goddess of the Tuath De (the Tuatha Dé Danann) of Irish Mythology. She is believed to be the eponymous goddess after whom the Tuatha Dé Danann are named. The name of this mythical, legendary […]

The Origins of Persia — Ancient Iran

The modern country of Iran was once known as Persia, and was known as such from ancient times all the way to the 20th century. Iran as a geographical region extends just beyond the Zagros Mountains in the west at […]